Jef Poskanzer's Photography

"This is the world, muchachos. This is the real world, and you are in it."
-- B. Traven

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[Friends and Family] [Macro] [Industrial Archaeology] [Metal] [Deserts and Cacti] [Hiking] [Camping] [Biking] [Beaches] [Hot Springs] [Whitewater] [Ultraviolet Light] [Crafts] [Cats] [Trains] [The Bevatron] [burningman '98 and '96] [Red Oak Victory] [Construction] [Albany Bulb]

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17aug2008 SF: A few shots from a trip to the Legion of Honor.
16aug2008 SF: Went into the city to see two simulated nuclear attacks and a zombie outbreak. Also ran into a mob of Guy Fawkeses - bonus!
13aug2008 South City: Biked from San Bruno BART all the way up to the Ferry Building.
10aug2008 Chihuly: Went to see the Dale Chihuly exhibit at the de Young.
09aug2008 Murals: Did the Precita Eyes Mission murals tour.
31jul2008 Olive: On my way to the monthly chow meetup at Olive in SF.
30jul2008 Finley Road: I went exploring on a little dead-end in the Diablo foothills called Finley Road. According to the map it continues (unpaved) over the south-east shoulder of Diablo and connects up with Morgan Territory Road, but I didn't get that far.
23jul2008 Ships: There was a parade of ships coming in through the Golden Gate today.
15jul2008 San José: Another trip to San José, to look for old signs.
13jul2008 Picnic: The annual WeLL summer picnic, at Alvarado Park this year.
12jul2008 San Leandro: Went to a geocaching picnic at Oyster Bay in San Leandro, then biked home.
06jul2008 San José: I heard that Happy Hollow was about to close for a year and all the old-style rides and playground equipment was going away, so I went to visit. I also checked out History Park, which is just down the street.
03jul2008 Marin County Fair: Went to the Marin County Fair in San Rafael to see a friend do a cooking demo. Afterwards I rode home by way of China Camp State Park.
26jun2008 BBQ: I heard about a BBQ place at the golf course in Golden Gate Park, so I went to check it out. It was just ok.
22jun2008 Old Car Old House: A 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria on Yale Court, and an abandoned house on the Arlington.
20jun2008 Solstice: Summer solstice! A very hot one, with some nice mirage effects on the bay.
14jun2008 Oakland: Rode to Oakland and back to have lunch with some friends.
11jun2008 SF SE: There were a couple of spots I wanted to visit in south-east San Francisco.
07jun2008 CJM: Members' preview day at the new Contemporary Jewish Museum.
05jun2008 Botanical Garden: A quick visit to the UC Botanical Garden to see if any cacti were blooming.
31may2008 Playland: Playland Not-At-The-Beach finally opened.
27may2008 SF: Another afternoon wandering around San Francisco.
17may2008 Osterizer: A few shots of my mom's old Osterizer. Shiny! It still works just fine, but I can't find the top.
15may2008 Pacifica: The weather forecast said it was going to hit 100F in Berkeley, so I rode to Pacifica, which is usually freezing.
10may2008 Legion: A quick visit to the Legion of Honor.
08may2008 Ducklings: More ducklings! This time at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park.
03may2008 Maker Faire: The 2008 Maker Faire! Followed by a long bike ride down to the Dumbarton Bridge and across to Fremont BART.
30apr2008 Diablo: My dad and I went up Mount Diablo to the Juniper Campground area to see if there were any wildflowers left.
27apr2008 Ducklings: Brand-new ducklings at the Oakland Museum. Zomg teh ky00t!!
26apr2008 Willow Pass: I wanted to visit Willow Pass in Concord while the hills were still (somewhat) green.
25apr2008 Wildcat: A ride down Wildcat Canyon to look for wildflowers.
20apr2008 Rio Vista Jct.: The Western Railway Museum was running Key System bridge units so my pal Jordan and I went to look.
13apr2008 Battery Townsley: The monthly open house at Battery Townsley in the Marin headlands.
12apr2008 Martinez: A bike ride from the North Concord / Martinez BART station to the Martinez Amtrak station.
09apr2008 Mitchell Canyon: An SFBAS outing to Mitchell Canyon on Mount Diablo.
03apr2008 Leona Ruins: After visiting Leona Canyon a few days prior, I was looking at Google's aerial photos and noticed what looked like some old buildings. I had to go check it out! And afterwards, a nice long ride back to Berkeley.
2008 Tomatoes: This year's tomato plant is a Riesentraube: red cherry, 65 days, indeterminate. Supposed to be very prolific.
29mar2008 Fort Point: The SFBAS gang visited Fort Point.
26mar2008 Zoo: Went to the Oakland Zoo with my dad and a nephew. Afterwards we did a short hike halfway up Leona Canyon.
23mar2008 Wildcat: A quick ride up Wildcat Canyon on the way to Easter dinner.
20mar2008 Marin: First (official) day of spring! Took the bus to San Rafael and then rode south to San Francisco.
13mar2008 SF: Another San Francisco excursion.
10mar2008 SF: A ride around San Francisco.
08mar2008 Oakland: A ride around Oakland.
02mar2008 Berkeley: A few shots while riding around industrial West Berkeley on a sunny morning.
25feb2008 Tilden: Nice warm day after a bunch of rain, so I visited Jewel Lake and Lake Anza in Tilden Park to see all the water.
14feb2008 Pillow Fight: Massive pilow fight in Justin Herman Plaza!
04feb2008 SF: First sunny day in a few weeks, so I biked around SF.
19jan2008 Fitzgerald: Tidepooling at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve.
13jan2008 SF: A ride through San Francisco to see if North Baker Beach had been re-opened yet (no).
10jan2008 Transbay Terminal Smears: A whole bunch of long-exposure moving-camera shots of the lights at the Transbay Terminal.
07jan2008 Botanical Garden: Quick visit to the UC Botanical Garden to see a fruiting amorphophallus titanum.
31dec2007 Sunset: The last sunset of the year was the best sunset of the year.
22dec2007 Sunset: First official winter sunset. Plus some xmas lights.
21dec2007 Sunset: Centered sunset from Mad Mark's Castle on the solstice.
15dec2007 Bulb: A trip to the Albany Bulb to do some minor repairs on an artwork I did there years ago. There's a lot of new stuff.
09dec2007 Sunset: Another Golden Gate sunset, this time from the Albany Bulb.
08dec2007 Elegance: The car repair shop around the corner from me had their annual BBQ / car show.
07dec2007 Pacifica: Nice long bike ride from Daly City BART over the hill to Pacifica, then back all the way to downtown SF. It was really windy on the coast!
27nov2007 SF: After a week of sniffles I finally felt well enough to go out for an easy ride in the city.
23nov2007 Sunset: The centered sunset point has progressed to the upper Golden Gate Fields parking lot.
19nov2007 Sunset: Another Golden Gate sunset, this time from near Golden Gate Fields.
14nov2007 Sunset: Another nice sunset from Cesar Chavez Park.
12nov2007 SF: A bike ride in San Francisco with Leo.
11nov2007 Sunset: A couple sunset shots from Cesar Chavez Park.
03nov2007 Battery Townsley: This old gun emplacement in the Marin Headlands was recently re-opened.
02nov2007 Sunset: Tonight's Golden Gate Sunset was from the base of the Berkeley pier. This time the weather cooperated.
01nov2007 Sunset: This was the night that the Golden Gate sunset is viewable from the end of the Berkeley pier. However there was fog.
24oct2007 Sunset: More going on in the sky for this sunset, but not as clear at the horizon.
22oct2007 Sunset: Another Golden Gate centered sunset.
21oct2007 Car Fire: A minor car fire in front of Tokyo Fish Market, around the corner from me.
16oct2007 Drippy: A visit to the UC Botanical Garden right after it stopped raining.
09oct2007 Shoup: A tour of DDG-86, the USS Shoup.
07oct2007 Point Pinole: Bike ride to Point Pinole and back.
06oct2007 Blue Angels: The Blue Angels Saturday show.
05oct2007 Blue Angels: Fleet Week 2007 begins with a Blue Angels practice show and an A380 fly-by.
29sep2007 Sutro Baths: SFBAS had a photo meetup at the old Sutro Baths ruins.
25sep2007 Tilden: I heard there were some new piglets at the Tilden Park Little Farm so I went to see. Then I biked home the long way via Wildcat Canyon and Richmond.
19sep2007 Emeryville: I had to visit Emeryville to check on a geocache that had been reported missing (it was fine). Then I rode back through Berkeley.
11sep2007 Mendocino: 2007 Mendocino trip, day 8. A few pix from the drive home.
10sep2007 Mendocino: 2007 Mendocino trip, day 7. A long bike ride to Fort Bragg and a little bit beyond.
09sep2007 Mendocino: 2007 Mendocino trip, day 6. In the morning we walked at the Jughandle headlands. In the afternoon I did a sea kayak tour of some sea caves.
08sep2007 Mendocino: 2007 Mendocino trip, day 5. We drove 35 miles inland to visit Montgomery Woods State Reserve.
07sep2007 Mendocino: 2007 Mendocino trip, day 4. We explored a new area of Van Damme State Park, just south of the Spring Ranch parcel. Later we had another nice walk in Fort Bragg.
06sep2007 Mendocino: 2007 Mendocino trip, day 3. I biked to Russian Gulch and back.
05sep2007 Mendocino: 2007 Mendocino trip, day 2. Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, plus a little walk in Fort Bragg.
04sep2007 Mendocino: 2007 Mendocino trip, day 1. Just a few pictures from wineries on the drive up.
29aug2007 SF: First Spare The Air Day of 2007! I took advantage of the free Muni and excellent weather by visiting Forest Hill station.
17aug2007 Ocean Beach: Went to the San Francisco Zoo, and then walked south on Ocean Beach about halfway to Pacifica.
28jul2007 Limantour: A day at Limantour Spit, Point Reyes National Seashore.
15jul2007 Filoli: My parents and I visited Filoli to check out the flowers. Afterwards we had a snack at Zott's.
08jul2007 Wildcat Canyon: A picnic in Alvarado Park followed by a ride up Wildcat Canyon.
04jul2007 SF: An afternoon ride around the SF perimeter, ending at Aquatic Park for the fireworks show.
01jul2007 Botanical Garden: A few photos from the UC Botanical Garden.
26jun2007 Oakland: Rode to Oakland Asiatown and back because I had an urge for a banh mi.
21jun2007 SF: An afternoon visit to SF to see the Solstice Crack.
16jun2007 Davenport Tunnels: An expedition to Davenport on the Santa Cruz County coastline to look for a bunch of hundred-year-old tunnels under the railroad there.
12jun2007 Factory: An abandoned factory in San Pablo.
09jun2007 SF: Went into the city to see my friend Eric Gower do a cooking demonstration at the Ferry Building. Then had a nice ride around Nob Hill and the waterfront.
06jun2007 SF: I went into the city to meet a friend for some banh mi at Saigon Sandwich. So yummy! Afterwards I biked around for a while, mostly in Chinatown.
04jun2007 South City Perambulation: Rode from Daly City BART around the south side of San Bruno Mountain and then north through Brisbane and back to SF.
28may2007 Baylands: A ride through the Palo Alto Baylands.
20may2007 Maker Faire: Visited the Maker Faire at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds.
19may2007 Hornet: My friend Jordan and I got an all-day all-areas tour of the USS Hornet (CVS-12).
12may2007 SF: I took BART over to Daly City and then had a relaxed ride back to downtown SF in time for the KFOG Kaboom fireworks show. On the way I ran across the amazing Cayuga Playground.
08may2007 SF: Moo.com was having a little party in SF so I had a lazy afternoon ride ending up there.
06may2007 SF: I went into the city for a Guess Where SF picnic in Alamo Square. After that I visited the carnivorous plants exhibit at the Conservatory of Flowers, and also Baker Beach.
01may2007 Point Bonita: A night visit to the Point Bonita lighthouse with flickr folks.
30apr2007 Maze Meltdown: Part of the Bay Bridge freeway approach maze melted yesterday, so I biked over to have a look.
29apr2007 Ring Mountain: My dad wanted to go on a hike to see some wildflowers, so I suggested Ring Mountain in Tiburon.
23apr2007 Mount Diablo: I rode up Mount Diablo, not to the top, only to the 3000 foot level. Then around the side on Deer Flat Road and down Mitchell Canyon. Lots of wildflowers blooming between 2000' and 3000'. Lower down, the show is over.
20apr2007 Wildcat Canyon: Another ride down through Wildcat Canyon to look for wildflowers.
15apr2007 Berkeley: Some shots from around Berkeley on a sunny spring day.
12apr2007 SF: Went into the city for the SFlickr photography group monthly meetup.
11apr2007 Topsy Turvy: The Topsy Turvy Bus made its first public appearance today near Sproul Plaza in Berkeley.
08apr2007 Big Wheels: The annual Big Wheel race down Lombard Street.
04apr2007 Blake Garden: A visit to Blake Garden in Kensington.
30mar2007 Golden Gate Park: An afternoon in Golden Gate Park.
28mar2007 Wildcat Canyon: Biked up Wildcat Canyon in search of wildflowers, and found some!
25mar2007 Tennessee Valley: A foggy visit to Tennessee Valley in Marin.
21mar2007 Botanical Garden: A visit to the UC Botanical Garden. Lots of stuff is blooming.
2007 Tomatoes: This year only one tomato plant, a Sun Gold.
16mar2007 Marin: A nice long ride from San Rafael south to San Francisco.
15mar2007 Macroelectronics: Got the urge for close-ups of some of my old computer circuit boards and front panels.
11mar2007 East Bay: I had to get up early to go see my nephew Felix rate at Jack London Aquatic Center, so after that I just kept riding south along the shoreline. Ended up in Union City. As the crow flies the distance is only 20 miles, but I ended up riding 37 miles.
08mar2007 SF: A ride around the south-east quadrant of San Francisco.
03mar2007 Flickr Party: Flickr's third birthday party, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Also the start of the Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt, and some parrots.
02mar2007 New Helmet: I took a little spill off my bike a couple days ago. Fortunately I landed on my head, so there was no damage. But this did mean I was supposed to get a new helmet.
28feb2007 Tilden: I heard Mt. Diablo got some more snow so I rode up to Vollmer Peak in the Berkeley Hills to get a look. Then down through Tilden Park.
23feb2007 Mt. Diablo: Dawn and I drove up Mt. Diablo to see snow.
22feb2007 Richmond: Rode over to Richmond again to check out the new 1.5 mile segment of the Bay Trail at the West County Landfill.
21feb2007 Tour Stage 3: The AMGEN Tour of California rode from Stockton to San Jose. I rode from Dublin/Pleasanton BART to Union City BART, by way of Vallecitos Road and Niles Canyon. The tour caught up with me right at the old GE Vallecitos nuclear plant.
19feb2007 Coyote Hills: A nice hike at Coyote Hills in Fremont, with my brother & sister and some nephews.
18feb2007 Tour Prologue: The AMGEN Tour of California is back. As in 2006, the prologue time trial went from the Ferry Building to Telegraph Hill.
17feb2007 Wildcat Canyon: A nice ride from top to bottom of Wildcat Canyon.
16feb2007 Sunset: Another nice sunset from the Eastshore bike path.
15feb2007 Sunset: A nice sunset from the Eastshore bike path.
11feb2007 Berkeley: First sunny day in a while!
04feb2007 QM2: The Queen Mary 2 arrives in San Francisco.
03feb2007 SF: Another day wandering the city.
28jan2007 SF: Had a nice photo-stroll with the SFBAS folks in Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, and China Basin.
27jan2007 LBNL: Another visit to the lab.
23jan2007 SF: A nice ride through some hilly parts of San Francisco, looking for interesting streets.
20jan2007 LBNL: Another visit to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
19jan2007 Sunset: Another nice sunset from Golden Gate Fields in Albany.
18jan2007 SF: A quick ride around downtown SF and the waterfront, followed by a nice sunset viewed from Golden Gate Fields in Albany.
14jan2007 Ice Tower: The weatherfolks were predicting a hard freeze last night, so before going to bed I made a tripod out of three poles and a tie-wrap, and put a dripping hose on top. It worked much better than I expected! The tower ended up 21.5" tall.
13jan2007 Berkeley: Wandered around Berkeley for a while with Dawn.
12jan2007 Cold: Biked around Oakland and Berkeley a little on a sunny but really cold day.
09jan2007 Southeast Bayshore: Took BART to Fremont and then explored the bay's shoreline around to Alviso. Then south to Santa Clara to catch Caltrain.
05jan2007 Point Bonita: I got an urge to ride over the Golden Gate Bridge to Point Bonita in the Marin Headlands. The path to the lighthouse was not open but I did find some very nice military ruins nearby.
01jan2007 SF: Went into the city for a New Year party. But first I stopped off in Lafayette to see a memorial to the soldiers killed in Iraq.
29dec2006 SF: Visited the de Young museum and the Conservatory of Flowers.
17dec2006 Sunny: Nice sunny day after weeks of dreary clouds and rain. I biked up to Tilden Park.
07dec2006 Wildcat Canyon: A few pictures on an afternoon ride down Wildcat Canyon.
06dec20006 Sunset: The viewing point for centered Golden Gate sunsets keeps marching north along the Albany shoreline.
04dec2006 Steep Ravine: Evening visit to Steep Ravine Beach in Marin.
02dec2006 Tilden: A little SFBAS outing in Tilden Park. We visited the botanical garden, Nimitz Way, and the merry-go-round.
01dec2006 SF & Oakland: A visit to SF, and then back to Oakland in time to catch the sunset at the old train station.
28nov2006 West Berkeley: Afternoon and sunset in West Berkeley / Albany.
26nov2006 Oakland: I made an after-dark visit to Oakland Chinatown looking for neon signs and puddles, but there really aren't very many neon signs there. I got some ok pix elsewhere in Oakland.
25nov2006 Oakland & Alameda: Nice day for a ride through West Oakland, over to Alameda on the Park Street Bridge, north through Alameda, and back to Oakland through the Posey Tube.
23nov2006 Thanksgiving: Family feast at my sister's house, although my sister was out of town. Her loss!
17nov2006 SF: Another San Francisco ride. I went looking for two obscure alleys I had noticed on a map.
14nov2006 SF: A nice sunny day after some rain. I went into SF looking for puddles, and ended up riding all the way to the airport.
07nov2006 SF: Another afternoon/evening ride around San Francisco.
05nov2006 SF: Nice warm afternoon for a ride through San Francisco and over to the Marin Headlands to watch the simultaneous sunset / moonrise.
29oct2006 Soapbox: The annual Soapbox Derby on Bernal Hill.
28oct2006 Flickr Meetups: Went to two flickr meetups in San Francisco today - a Guess Where SF one in Dolores Park at noon, and an SF Bay Area Shooters one in Chinatown at 4.
25oct2006 SF: A beautiful warm fall day in San Francisco.
23oct2006 Sunset: Went out to snag another Golden Gate sunset. This time I brought along a real tripod, so I was able to make a little movie.
23oct2006 Foggy Morning: I went out just before sunrise to take some shots of industrial west Berkeley in the thick fog.
21oct2006 Football: My friend Jordan had some extra tickets to the Cal Bears / Washington Huskies game.
20oct2006 Treasure Island: An afternoon visit to Treasure Island to see the sunset line up with Fort Point.
19oct2006 Sunset: Another Golden Gate sunset from the east bay shoreline.
16oct2006 Afternoon: Rambling around on a sunny fall afternoon, through El Cerrito, Oakland, and Emeryville.
11oct2006 Las Trampas: Couple pix from a geocaching outing to Las Trampas.
08oct2006 Fleet Week: More Fleet Week goodness.
07oct2006 Fleet Week: Fleet Week 2006 starts!
05oct2006 SF: An afternoon in San Francisco after the first rain of the season.
24sep2006 Mare Island & Alcatraz: Another visit to Mare Island, plus a night tour of Alcatraz.
23sep2006 Treasure Island: Some folks from flickr got together on Treasure Island for the dragon boat races. Afterwards we explored the military ruins a bit.
20sep2006 Marin: I took Golden Gate Transit
19sep2006 Tilden: A few pix on a ride up into Wildcat Canyon and Tilden Park.
18sep2006 Bus Bridge: While taking BART to SF I saw an old GM bus out the window, so I had to get off at the next stop and bike back to take pictures. Later in SF I noticed the 4th St. bridge had re-opened so I shot that too.
15sep2006 Dahlias: We were going to see the Monet exhibit at the Legion of Honor but it was way too crowded, so instead we visited the dahlia garden in Golden Gate Park.
12sep2006 Mendocino: Headed home today. But first we did a little hike at a new part of Jug Handle State Reserve. The fog was coming and going, but we lucked out on the hike and had mostly sun.
11sep2006 Mendocino: Seventh day in Mendocino. Sunny! I biked to Fort Bragg and back. Lunch at Cap'n Flint's seafood shack in Noyo Harbor. Dinner was leftovers at home, including a very nice batch of scrambled eggs with sautéed onion & linguiça and some grated Jarlsberg.
10sep2006 Mendocino: Sixth day in Mendocino. Foggy on the coast but sunny 1/4 mile inland. I biked to Mendocino town, stopping off at various interesting sights along the way, and then up the Big River logging road for six miles. Lunch at Mendo Burger. Dinner at a crappy restaurant in Noyo Harbor that I won't bother to name.
09sep2006 Mendocino: Fifth day in Mendocino. We spent the morning walking around the Mendocino headlands / beach / town, had lunch at Mendocino Cafe, then relaxed at home. Dinner was a yummy seafood stew over rice.
08sep2006 Mendocino: Fourth day in Mendocino. Foggy. We hiked up through Van Damme State Park in Little River. The fog ended a few miles inland so we had some nice sun for a picnic lunch in the redwoods. Yummy filet mignon steak for dinner.
07sep2006 Mendocino: Third day in Mendocino. Sunny! We visited the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens just south of Fort Bragg. Had a nice picnic lunch in the gardens. After lunch we did a quick walk to Glass Beach and visited Mendocino town to buy newspapers and check email at Moody's coffee bar & internet cafe.
06sep2006 Mendocino: Second day in Mendocino. Still foggy, so we went to Fort Bragg and rode the Skunk Train inland. It broke out into the sun after a mile or so. Lunch at the North Coast Brewing Company.
05sep2006 Mendocino: First day of a week-long trip to the Mendocino coast with my parents. Lunch at the Bear Republic Brewing Company in Healdsburg. When we got to the coast, it was foggy.
03sep2006 Hiller: A ride from Millbrae BART to the Hiller Aviation Museum, and then across the Dumbarton bridge to Fremont BART. 44 miles total.
31aug2006 SF: Dawn and I rode from Daly City BART around the perimeter of SF.
23aug2006 SF: I visited Silver Terrace, an area of San Francisco that I hadn't been to before.
22aug2006 Sunset: A nice sunset viewed from Golden Gate Fields.
18aug2006 Richmond: A ride around the Richmond waterfront.
15aug2006 Angeline's: Lunch at Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen.
12aug2006 County Fair: A bunch of flickr folks went to the San Mateo County Fair.
10aug2006 Meetup: The monthly flickr meetup in SF.
08aug2006 SF: A nice afternoon ride in San Francisco.
05aug2006 Cattails: Some cattails at one of the ponds in the Tilden Nature Area.
03aug2006 Machine Room: After lunch in Point Richmond I visited LBNL to take pictures of various computer systems there.
30jul2006 Picnic: The local geocachers had a picnic at Lake Temescal in honor of Leigh Ann Hussey.
25jul2006 Mare Island: I took the ferry to Vallejo and wandered around the old Mare Island naval base for a while. Afterwards I biked back to Berkeley.
24jul2006 Richmond: An afternoon ride through Richmond.
22jul2006 SF: Went to Fort Mason to see the Photo SF exhibition with some flickr friends.
20jul2006 Excursion: Today was a Spare The Air day and all public transit in the bay area was FREE, so Leo and I did a grand tour. We started at North Berkeley BART, took BART to Embarcadero, the F Market to Powell, the Hyde St. cable car to Ghirardelli Square, the F Market back to the Ferry Building, the Alameda/Oakland ferry to Jack London Square, the 72M to 12th St., BART to Downtown Berkeley, and the 65 to the Lawrence Hall of Science.
19jul2006 Climbing: Leo had a rock climbing lesson at the Berkeley Iron Works.
16jul2006 Oakland Zoo: Leo and Art and I went to the Oakland Zoo. Later I met friends for drinks at Zeitgeist in SF.
11jul2006 Paris: Day twenty-five. Visited les égouts and Père Lachaise.
10jul2006 Paris: Day twenty-four. A quick morning visit to Suresnes to see the war memorial and American Cemetary on Mont Valérien.
09jul2006 Paris: Day twenty-three. Lunch in the Marais. In the evening, France lost the World Cup.
08jul2006 Paris: Day twenty-two. Went to the Jardin d'Acclimatation this morning - it's a little amusement park in the Bois de Boulogne.
06jul2006 Paris: Day twenty. Another Petite Ceinture expedition, this time along the north side of the city from Porte de Clichy to Porte de la Chapelle. In the evening, the monthly flickr@paris meetup.
05jul2006 Paris: Day nineteen. Leo and I did a grand tour of the métro, visiting the 3bis, the 7bis, and the station named for him: Léo Lagrange.
01-04jul2006 Normandy: A four-day trip to Normandy to see some D-Day stuff and visit friends.
30jun2006 Paris: Day fourteen. Ann and I went out to La Defense to look for plastic cows. We didn't find them so we settled for modern architecture and bad public art. Later, a quick walk through the new Musée du Quai Branly, and a really good dinner in the 6th.
29jun2006 Paris: Day thirteen. Just a few pix today.
28jun2006 Paris: Day twelve. Brief expedition in the morning to another segment of the Petite Ceinture, at Porte Balard. In the afternoon a nice walk from Gare d'Austerlitz across the Seine and up the Canal St. Martin.
27jun2006 Paris: Day eleven. The Champs de Mars Incident.
26jun2006 Paris: Day ten. Had a nice walk from Gare St. Lazare northwards.
24jun2006 Paris: Day eight. Spent most of the day at Versailles with nephew Felix and Pierre from flickr. In the evening, the flickr meetup had a goodbye party.
23jun2006 Paris: Day seven. I had a nice walk along part of the abandoned Petite Ceinture railroad, including a 1.3 km tunnel underneath Père Lachaise.
22jun2006 Paris: Day six. The flickr folks had a nice evening pique nique on the Pont des Arts.
21jun2006 Paris: Day five. The Fête de la Musique! I didn't stay out all night tho. In fact I barely stayed out until dark. Of course around here that is 11pm.
20jun2006 Paris: Day four. Did the catacombs in the morning, and in the evening a picnic on the steps of Sacré Coeur.
19jun2006 Paris: Day three. A visit to the Louvre in the morning. Then in the evening a tour of neon signs at Pigalle.
18jun2006 Paris: Day two. A visit to the Chateau de Vincennes and the Parc Floral.
17jun2006 Paris: Day one. First meet-up with the flickr folks, at Café Z.
16jun2006 To Paris: Off to Paris for another visit.
08jun2006 Angel Island: Did the Angel Island perimeter road with Dawn, then some exploring in SF.
06jun2006 Richmond: Had a nice afternoon ride through industrial Richmond.
05jun2006 Roses: The Berkeley Rose Garden is really popping right now.
03jun2006 Hercules: Had a nice long afternoon bike ride from Berkeley to Hercules and back. I was thinking I'd re-visit an old power plant that I shot in 2003, but when I got there I found it completely demolished. There was some nice-looking rubble though.
28may2006 The Tempest: The We Players put on Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Albany Bulb.
27may2006 Filoli: A visit to Filoli's gardens with Lisa, Lin, and Rena.
24may2006 Marin: A nice long bike ride over the Golden Gate Bridge to Tennessee Valley, over the ridge to Rodeo Valley, and back to San Francisco.
18may2006 Point Reyes: Dawn and I did a day trip to Point Reyes and saw lots of wildflowers and elephant seals.
13may2006 Rheem: Did a 26-mile ride over the Oakland hills to Moraga, Rheem, and Orinda.
11may2006 SF: A nice slow bike ride from San Francisco to Sausalito, ferry ride back, then a flickr meetup.
07may2006 SF: A nice sunny day in San Francisco for the Power Tool Drag Races, a softball game, and a BBQ.
30apr2006 Berkeley: Got out a little early this morning to take a few pix of the Cal Sailing Club's annual Ashby Shoal Breakfast.
27apr2006 Wildcat Canyon: My first ride through Wildcat Canyon since all the rain. It was not muddy, but the trail was washed out in three places. Lots of wildflowers.
26apr2006 SF: Finally a sunny day! I visited San Francisco to see, among other things, the butterfly exhibit at the Conservatory of Flowers.
18apr2006 Quake Day: Today was the 100th anniversary of San Francisco's great earthquake. There were all sorts of festivities, plus Muni was free all day so I rode all sorts of cable cars and streetcars.
17apr2006 Berkeley: Couple of interesting sights while biking around Berkeley.
16apr2006 SF: Spent the afternoon in the city viewing various evennts.
13apr2006 SFlickr: The Monthly SFlickr meetup.
2006 Tomatoes: Another attempt at growing tomatoes in my back yard.
26mar2006 Diablo: Dawn and I spent the day at Mt. Diablo. The summit was cloudy but it was nice at Rock City and Mitchell Canyon.
25mar2006 Oakland: A flickr meetup at the Oakland Museum, follwed by a bike ride home.
18mar2006 Tilden: Nice sunny day for a ride through Tilden Park.
08mar2006 SF: A quick visit to San Francisco for lunch and a little sightseeing.
01mar2006 Botanical Garden: An afternoon visit to the UC Botanical Garden in Strawberry Canyon.
23feb2006 Año Nuevo: A group trip to see the elephant seals at Año Nuevo.
21feb2006 Tour Stage 2: The Tour's second stage was from Martinez to San Jose through the east bay hills. I rode up to the top of Happy Valley Road near Lafayette to see the King of the Mountain sprint. Afterwards I did some more climbing, for a total of about 2100' for the day.
20feb2006 Tour Stage 1: Dawn and I caught the 1st real stage of the Tour of California along Highway 1 near Stinson. Afterwards we went up Mt. Tam.
19feb2006 Tour Prologue: The Tour of California started this morning in San Francisco with a time trial climb of Telegraph Hill. After watching that I wandered around the city all afternoon.
11feb2006 Hunt Parade Flickr: Busy night in San Francisco! The Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt, the Chinese New Year Parade, and Flickr's 2nd birthday party.
08feb2006 Sunset: My Golden Gate Sunsets map predicted that tonight's setting sun would line up with the middle of the bridge when viewed from the end of the Berkeley pier, so I went to see.
05feb2006 SF: Went over to the city to see an exhibit of photographs at the Legion of Honor. Then, a nice ride back.
29jan2006 Oakland: I visited the Oakland Museum to see an exhibit of Edward Weston prints. That plus some wandering around downtown Oakland, and a very nice sunset, equals a good day.
19jan2006 SF: Nice sunny day for a ride in San Francisco.
15jan2006 Palo Alto: My parents wanted to see a ceramics exhibit at the Stanford art museum, so we drove down to Palo Alto.
04jan2006 Sunol: A sunny day! Went for a hike in Sunol Regional Wilderness.
02jan2006 Aquatic Park: I re-visited Aquatic Park to see if the water level was still rising. Yep.
31dec2005 Wet Berkeley: A quick ride around Berkeley during a break between storms.
26dec2005 Cats: Some portrait work on my two current favorites of the backyard cats.
24dec2005 San Bruno Mountain: My parents and I went on our traditional Christmas walk a day early, because of predicted rain.
14dec2005 Peninsula: Rode from San Bruno BART south, approximately along the Caltrain tracks, to Menlo Park. Then across the Dumbarton Bridge to Union City BART. Total of about 40 miles.
10dec2005 Salt Point: Day trip up the coast to Salt Point State Park, world headquarters for tafoni.
08dec2005 Bulb: A quick visit to the Albany Bulb to drop off some crab floats.
02dec2005 Fremont: Took BART to Fremont and circumnavigated the city (30 miles). Then BART back to Oakland and a night ride home (8.5 miles).
30nov2005 Chow Turns Ten: A WeLLfolk party in SF.
25nov2005 SF Evening: Went into the city to meed a friend for drinks.
21nov2005 Street Stuff: A quick afternoon ride through Emeryville to Oakland to see the sights.
19nov2005 SF South: Another longish ride today. Starting at Balboa Park BART, I rode south on Mission through Daly City, Colma, South SF, and San Bruno. Had a nice picnic lunch on SamTrans Island, and then rode north all the way to Embarcadero BART. Here's the route - 26.5 miles.
15nov2005 SF: Nice long ride all the way around San Francisco. Actually I traced the route in the Gmaps Pedometer - 32.35 miles!.
13nov2005 Red Oak Victory: The last time I visited this ship was 20 September 1998, the day it returned to Richmond.
09nov2005 Coastside: A flickr friend suggested a day trip along Highway 1, from Año Nuevo to Half Moon Bay.
03nov2005 SF Night: Went to the monthly flickr meetup, and then took some photos around downtown SF on the way back to BART.
03nov2005 Oakland: I biked down to Oakland to do early voting.
29oct2005 SF: An afternoon ride around the city.
17oct2005 Pie: The WeLL's annual chili cook-off morphed into a pie bake-off this year.
15oct2005 Playland: A preview visit to Playland-Not-At-The-Beach, a museum in El Cerrito dedicated to the old Playland amusement park in SF.
11oct2005 Ships: I visited two of the ships here for Fleet week, the Boxer and the Hopper.
09oct2005 de Young: The new de Young museum opens next week, and members got a preview today. Also, a few more Blue Angels shots.
08oct2005 Fleet Week: Fleet Week 2005! This time with Blue Angels.
30sep2005 Geyser: I was about to go to bed when I spotted this out my back window.
29sep2005 Ski Jump: Went over to San Francisco to see Jonny Moseley's birthday ski jump fest on Fillmore St.
28sep2005 Richmond: I went on a long zig-zag ride through Richmond, taking pictures of signs and stuff.
22sep2005 Sunset: A few pix of a nice sunset from the Lawrence Hall of Science.
16sep2005 Crab Floats: I've been collecting these for years, and ran across them while cleaning out my garage.
11sep2005 Stroll: Got a few nice pix at the 2005 Solano Stroll.